The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a $1.25 million Physics Investigators Initiative grant to Justin C. Burton, an associate professor of physics at Emory University. The grant will cover the next five years of Burton’s investigation in advancing the scientific frontier in experimental physics.  Burton’s investigative research works to bridge the communication gap between geoscientists and … More Prof. Justin C. Burton receives $1.25 million Moore Foundation Award

Professor Sergei Urazhdin, a former Cottrell Scholar, has received a new SEED award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement: https://rescorp.org/cottrell-scholars/cottrell-plus/seed-awards. The competitive SEED award is given to Cottrell Scholars as they launch exceptionally creative, new research or educational activities with the potential for high impact. Prof. Urazhdin’s lab investigates new physical phenomena that emerge … More Sergei Urazhdin receives SEED award as a Cottrell Scholar

Emory Physicists have identified a mechanism for the formation of oscillating superconductivity known as pair-density waves. Physical Review Letters published the discovery, which provides new insight into an unconventional, superconductive state seen in certain materials, including high-temperature superconductors. “We discovered that structures known as Van Hove singularities can produce modulating, oscillating states of superconductivity,” says … More Physicists open new path to an exotic form of superconductivity

A single human cell teems with as many 100,000 different proteins. Actin is one of the most abundant and essential of them all. This protein forms into filaments that help make up the skeleton of cells, giving them shape. And as the actin filaments elongate, they work like muscles, pushing against the inner membrane of … More How three proteins interact to fine-tune cellular movement

James Merrill has been awarded the Jim and Ethel Montag Graduate Physics Award for the 2022-2023 academic year.  The Jim and Ethel Montag Graduate Physics Award is awarded annually to an exceptional graduate student for accomplishments in physics research. James Merrill recently published an exciting first author paper in ACS Macro Letters, along with his advisor … More James Merrill receives the 2022-2023 Montag Award

Barabara Conner has won the Laney Graduate School’s annual award for Outstanding Program Administrator. Barbara is the Senior Program Administrator for the Physics Graduate Program. This honor follows her 10+ years of service and dedication. She consistently provides our graduate students with the best educational experience and serves as the anchor for their well-being. Congratulations … More Barbara Conner wins Outstanding Program Administrator

“A needle in a haystack that you can’t see” – Emory Professor Erin Bonning discusses runaway black holes in this latest piece from Scientific American! Erin Bonning (center left) is a senior lecturer and Director of the Planetarium in the Emory Physics Department. She is the author of numerous scholarly publications and specializes in black … More A needle in a haystack that you can’t see

The Emory Department of Physics is pleased to announce the creation of a new concentration in Quantum Information! This concentration is an optional path that our Physics Bachelor of Science degree students can choose to follow. It includes electives and advanced lab experiments tailored towards the rapidly growing field of quantum information and quantum computing. … More Physics Department Announces New Quantum Information Degree Option

The Society for Physics Students (SPS) spearheaded “Physics For All” at the 2022 Atlanta Science Festival Expo! They were joined by Prof. Justin Burton and Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Susan Cook. Piedmont Park was packed with STEM-interested students and members of the general public. The theme was “levitation”, from Bernoulli levitation of a beach ball, to … More Physics for All at the Atlanta Science Festival Expo

What makes a material a solid? Crystalline materials have their atoms and molecules organized into neatly repeating patterns — breaking up these repeating patterns costs energy, and the result is a material that resists deformation, that is, one that is solid. Glassy materials — which can be made from silica as in ordinary window glass … More Prof. Daniel Sussman is awarded an NSF CAREER grant